Process of making imitation soles



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G. W. DIXON. PROCESS OF MAKING IMITATI ON SOLES. No. 491,732. v PatentedFeb. 14, 1893.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

GEORGE W. DIXON, OF LYNN, ASSIGNOR TO THE AMERICAN SHOE TIP COMPANY, OFBOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

PROCESS OF MAKING IMITATION SOLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 491,732, dated February14, 1893.

Application filed March 18, 1 8 92.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. DIXON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lynn, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Imitation Soles, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had therein tothe accompanying drawings.

In the manufacture of boots and shoes it has become desirable toconstruct a boot or shoe which has the outward appearance of having acork sole, but which is in fact only an imitation cork sole and maytherefore be made at less expense than a shoe having a cork sole. If thepart which is inserted in the shoe to produce an imitation cork sole isfurnished to the manufacturer ready to be inserted in the shoe and ofthe exact size and shape required, expense will be saved and the time ofthe workmen will. not be consumed in fitting or adjusting the parts whenthe shoe is constructed.

My invention has; for its object to produce a finished imitation slip ortap sole which may be supplied to the shoe manufacturer ready for use inconstructing a boot or shoe and it consists in the improved processhereinafter set forth and claimed whereby an imitation slip or tap soleis made from astrip of leather the said strip being molded into thegeneral contour of the fore-part of the sole and then out by means of adie to the exact shape required, after which the edge of the strip orimitation sole is bound or covered with a piece of finished leather sothat when the imitation sole is used it will require no further finish,all as hereinafter set forth.

My invention is shown in the accompany ing drawings, in which Figure 1is a plan view broken away, and Fig. 2 a cross section, of the strip ofleather which is employed in the manufacture of the imitation slip ortap sole. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the same piece of leather after ithas been bent and molded to the general contour of the fore part of asole. The dotted lines thereon indicate the shape of the piece after ithas been died out or cut to the exact form required. Fig. 4 is a planview, showing the piece which is indicated by the dotted lines SerialNo. 425,382. (No model.)

Fig. 3, after it has been bound around the edge with a piece of finishedmaterial. Fig. 5 is a section on line 55 Fig. 4.

The invention is simple and will be readily understood from thefollowing description in which reference is made to the accompanyingdrawings.

A is a strip of leather preferably skived along one edge as shown at bFig. 2. This strip of leather is passed through a suitable machine andformed or molded to the general contour of a tap sole as is shown by thefull lines Fig. 3. If the piece of leather were bound around the edgewith finished material when in the shape shown by full lines Fig. 3 andwithout dieing it out to the exact shape required, it would not fit theshoe accurately and would require aconsiderable expenditure of time andlabor in fittingit to the shoe, when the shoe is constructed. To avoidthis, the strip of leather which has been molded into the shape shown byfull lines Fig. 3 is died out tothe shape shown by dotted lines Fig. 3by the use of a die or cutter, of the exact shape required. In this wayit may be given the exact contour of the sole and will accurately fitthe shoe for which it is designed without the necessity of any specialfitting by the workman in constructing the shoe. After the piece hasbeen thus died out it is bound with a piece of finished material of theproper kind, depending upon the shoe in which it is to be used, and isthen ready for use. I do not deem it essential that the strip A shouldbe skived but a skived strip is, in my opinion, preferable.

What I claim is:-

The process of making an imitation slip or tap solo from a strip ofleather consisting in first molding the strip to the general shape of aslip or tap sole, then dieing it out to the exact contour required, andthen binding the edge with a piece of finished material, substantiallyas shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE W. DIXON.

Witnesses:

WM. A. MAcLnon, ROBERT WALLAcn.

